Dumbass Dominic West: Not a Cheater, Just a “Big Teddy Bear” I wonder if there are a few public relations experts or crisis management specialists out there considering offering their services pro bono to Dominic West right now. F-ck it, I’m not technically in PR but I’m around it enough to be able to provide some guidance and By Lainey • Oct 14, 2020 10:04 am
Cheating Loins Dominic West’s Cheating Scandal Here’s a celebrity cheating scandal that hits all the triggers. An older married actor, who starred in a series about a couple’s affair, is seen in a lascivious embrace with a younger actress in photos taken by paparazzi… in Rome, no less! Rome, of course, is the setting By Lainey • Oct 13, 2020 09:58 am
Music Harry Styles: Grammys and “Golden”? Harry Styles was seen in LA last night and according the pap who took these photos, it was a “dinner date” with a “mystery girl”. I’m not quite sure who the “mystery girl” is because there are two women – one in red and the other in a white top By Lainey • Oct 07, 2020 02:22 pm
Gossip Nostalgia Lenny & Lisa’s Love Story We kicked off the day with nostalgia. Should we keep it going? Lenny Kravitz has a memoir out called Let Love Rule which… obviously. That album, and the follow-up, Mama Said, ruled my life at the end of high school and through university. Still now, when I hear the By Lainey • Oct 07, 2020 10:54 am
Top Reads Rihanna’s “Unintentional” Intention Rihanna was a major trending topic on Twitter on Sunday after the release of her Savage X Fenty Vol 2 fashion show on Prime Video. As you may have seen, people were really excited about the collection. So the fact that she was trending was not necessarily a surprise – she By Lainey • Oct 06, 2020 01:11 pm
Music BTS 101 for Grammy Voters As mentioned yesterday, BTS covers the new issue of Variety, which is the Grammy preview issue – so it’s pretty clear the motivation. It’s not like they’ve been hiding it; for a long time RM, Jin, Suga, j-hope, Jimin, V, and Jungkook have been saying for a By Lainey • Sep 30, 2020 01:16 pm
Quiveration BTS’s Happy Harvest Moon As mentioned in yesterday’s open and over the years on this site, it’s a holiday week for those of us of East Asian descent. On Thursday October 1 it’s Tet Trung Thu in Vietnamese culture. The Japanese call it Tsukimi. For Chinese people it’s our Mid- By Lainey • Sep 29, 2020 02:31 pm
Top Reads Chadwick Boseman’s “Donation” to Sienna Miller Empire Magazine’s new issue is dedicated to Chadwick Boseman featuring interviews with his collaborators, colleagues, and co-stars. One of those people is Sienna Miller. They worked on 21 Bridges together and Sienna shares the story of how she came to sign onto the film and what Chadwick did By Lainey • Sep 29, 2020 10:48 am
Dumbass Eddie Redmayne sticks his foot in Eddie Redmayne is promoting The Trial of the Chicago 7, the upcoming Aaron Sorkin film and one of Netflix’s starriest Oscar hopefuls for the year. In the film, Redmayne portrays activist Tom Hayden, one of the defendants in the trial, and to promote the film, he gave an interview By Sarah • Sep 29, 2020 10:14 am
Baby and Bump Obsession The Baby of Kit and Rose Kit Harington and Rose Leslie celebrated their second wedding anniversary back in June. They’d been living in New York for a few years during their engagement and early part of their marriage while she was working on The Good Fight but spent much of last year in England as By Lainey • Sep 28, 2020 01:26 pm
Music BTS: New Album, New Remix, and IPO Up to this point this year, BTS has released a worldwide bestselling album (Map of the Soul: 7), a Japanese-language album, a docuseries and a documentary film, continued with their existing reality show (RUN BTS!) while filming a new series (In The SOOP), performed a virtual concert for an By Lainey • Sep 28, 2020 12:14 pm
Books Mariah & Oprah When I heard Mariah Carey was sitting down with Oprah to promote her memoir The Meaning of Mariah Carey (which comes out tomorrow) I was ready to inject it in my veins. Mariah Carey’s The Emancipation of Mimi is one of the defining albums of my childhood and The By Cody • Sep 28, 2020 09:47 am
Top Reads Every Brand Should Be Courting Gabrielle Union Well, it’s Friday, who’s ready for a horrifying thought? As bad as everyone acknowledges this year has been – last night I snickered at a “YearQuil” meme: ‘End 2020 Fast’, I realized that this may actually be a time we look back on with… okay, not happiness, but nostalgia; By Duana • Sep 25, 2020 12:50 pm
Music Lizzo covers Vogue “Fresh photos with the bomb lighting…” Lizzo covers the October 2020 issue of Vogue for a thoughtful discussion about her career, her success and her struggles, and her activism. For me the highlights here are what she says about the broad appeal of her music and the community she’s By Lainey • Sep 25, 2020 10:28 am
Break Ups Demi & Max are over Around lunchtime yesterday Page Six published a report that Demi Lovato and fiancé Max Ehrich wouldn’t make it down the aisle. A source close to the couple said, “It’s not over yet, but it’s on its way there.” By dinner time PEOPLE was reporting on the couple’ By Cody • Sep 25, 2020 09:34 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Two Quiet Couples: An Update I had to shake my head and adjust my eyes just now because…can you believe Leighton Meester and Adam Brody have been married now for over six years?! Seriously, in my mind Blair Waldorf juuuuuust graduated university. In real life, however, Leighton and Adam recently welcomed their second child, By Lainey • Sep 24, 2020 04:25 pm
